Setting provided with removable stones



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SETTING PROVIDED WITH REMOVABLE STONES Filed June 2 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l 77/. 6?!- Poo/1:16

SETTING PROVIDED WITH REMOVABLE STONES Filed June 27, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Willi-til all-IQ], 7; \IllillllllillllllllmuI maxi/2M3 Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE GUSTAVE EUGENE aocrms, or PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR T FEBNAND LOUIS BIELLE AND socrn'rn noeHAs FILS & MILLE'I, BOTH on rams, FRANCE.-

SETTING IROVIDE'D WITH REMOVABLE STONES.

Application filed June 27, 1927, Serial No. 201,881, and in France July 8 1926.

Jewels provided with removable stones, such as those which are changed every month As illustrated in the drawing, Figs. 1 to 3, the bezel a of-the ring, for instance, has

generally presenta mounting constituted by on its outer edges any suitable stop member a frame arranged on the- 5 of the ring.

Jewels thus made have the inconvenience of catching, of permitting the accidental opening of their frame and of letting their stones fall, so that the series of spare stones,

- becomes incomplete.

The present invention has for its object an v improvement in jewels provided with removable stones for the purpose of'remedying the above-mentioned inconveniences.

The improvement -consists in making the bezel of the ring in such a manner that it can stop the stone placed in position after causing it to pass underneath, whilst a frame or bottom mounted underv the bezel 'by means of a hinge, prevents the-stone from receding or from moving relatively to its normal position.

The stone is changed, after having taken the ring off the finger, or the bracelet from the wrist, as the case may be, then, after having opened the frame or bottom, the latter is caused to rock on its hinge pin, so

that this frame or bottom is not disengaged from the ring or bracelet during this operation.

This invention will be described hereinafter, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a ring embodying the said improvement.

Fig. 2 is a cross vertical section of the same ring made according to line A-A of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the frame or bottom open, and without stone.

Fig. 4 shows another form of carrying out the invention, the ring being cut parallel to the finger, the bottom of the bezel being open.

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 4, but the bottom of the bezel being closed.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the ring made at right angles to the finger, the bottom .of

the bezel being open.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the movable bottom of the bezel.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional detail. 1

. a push piece,

ing through when it is placed in position by causing it to pass underneath the bezel. This stop member can be constituted by any small abutment, a bead, claws, etc.

This bezel a is perforated on the inner slde for the passage of the stones and" receives on the underside a frame or bottom I) mounted on a hinge 6 The stone 0 is inserted in the bezel a of the ring by causing it to pass underneath, after having opened the frame or bottom I).

This frame is then closed again, so that top of the bezel a capable of preventing the stone from passit pushes the stone 0 in the bezel a until this stone presses by its front edge against the stop (1, existing on the inner periphery of the said bezel. In this way, the stone 0 is.

held at the front by the stop a and at the rear by the frame or bottom I) which prevents it from receding or from turning.

The frame or bottom I) can be provided with any fastener, but the resiliency pf the metal is usually suflicientfor maintaining it closed, so much the more as the contact of the fin'ger'naturally prevents it from openmg. I t

In the form of construction illustratedin Figs. 4 to 7, the bezel a on the inner side of the ring is provided with a frame or bottom I) mounted on a hinge b and capable of being closed by bringing it in a rabbet 6- formed in the bezel.

A cam-piece (Z provided with a spring and arranged on the edge opposite to the hm e, holds the bottom I) closed.

On the ottom b, on the inner side, is arranged a spring frame 6 ada ted to resiliently press the stone against tiie shoulder a of the bezel, provided on the sideopposite to this bottom.

A resilient device causes the bottom 6 to through the interior of the ring, the bottom b is closed again and presses, through the medium of its spring frame 6, upon the back of the stone by pushing)- the latter against the shoulder a} of the ezel. During this closing operation, the cam-piece d is compressed, then it retains the bottom I) when the latter comes against the rabbet 12 By pressing upon the push piece d, after having taken the ring ofi the finger, the bottom 1) automaticall opens about its hinge I) under the action 0 the spring so that the stone can be released and rep aced by another stone corresponding to the month of the year.

It is to be understood that the application of the invention is not limited to a ring, as it might be applied quite as well to a bracelet, a necklace, a brooch, a pendant, etc.

The forms, details, accessories, materials and dimensions of the above device can of course be varied.

Claim In an article of jewelry, a setting for removably receiving stones. of difi'erent colors including in combination, a bezel having an open top and bottom, a shoulder at the top of the bezel, a bottom plate pivoted to the lower edge of the bezel, a spring member adapted to-normally hold the bottom plate extended, a spring pressed finger piece mounted for lateral movement in the bezel, co-operative catch means on the edge of the plate and finger piece, and a spring frame on the upper surface of the bottom plate adapted to yieldingly press a stone against the shoulder on the bezel.

The foregoing specification of my improvement in jewels provided with removable stones signed by me this 17th day of June, 1927.

MAURICE GUSTAVE EUGENE R0HAS. 

